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hi, i have a situation where i have a list of options from which a user selects his options if its not in the list he/she selects Others/Not Present and a new textfield should pop up and the data entered there should be considered instead of dropdown. i have done this using javascript/dhtml but i was wondering how this can be done using pure rails i.e using some of the RoR apis?. i would

I am trying to get more out of auto_complete than it apparently was designed to deliver. My problems seem to be two fold. 1 - I use aggregations on names... :first_name, :middle_initial, :last_name and then aggregate them using a composed_of :wholename thing auto_complete_for seems to be wired to only use table columns directly and gags on the aggregate form. 2 - foreign table columns -

hi. i promise this will be my last question for the day. still playing with autocompleter, everything is working ok, but i''m having difficulties accessing just the href attribute of <a> element, which is a child of <li> in the autocomplete response, i.e: <div class ="autocomplete"> <ul> <li><a href

Hi, Im looking for a way to autocomplete a text field, I have found this, http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowToUseAdvancedAutocompleteFeatures but at the top it says "Note that there?s easier ways to do this built into newer versions of Rails, this was written in the early days of the framework. If I get a chance, maybe I?ll update." Any ideas where i can find some info on

Hi, I''m using scriptaculous to provide an auto complete textbox - and it works perfectly - but I was wondering if there was anyway to let users navigate the choices using the keyboard i.e the curor keys as opposed to having to use the mouse? Apart from that it''s perfect! :) Cheers, Pete -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Can anyone point me in the direction of a good tutorial on visual effects in rails? I''ve searched and I''ve asked but I can''t seem to find any good documentation on ajax visual effects, combining of effects, or queued effects. Charlie Bowman http://www.recentrambles.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Hi, I am using the autocomplete for text field with ''Scriptaculous'' and it works perfectly fine in "new" action. All the examples I see are only for the "new" action. But doesn''t default to the selected value/text in "edit/show" action? Is this possible or should I write custom code for "edit/show" action? Thanks, Hari --

Hi, Is there any trick to initializing the params hash via submit_to_remote()? I have a form with two submit methods - the regular, non-AJAX method, and the AJAX method. The regular method works like a champ. The submit_to_remote invokes the correct controller, but the params hash is empty except for the values for :action and :controller. I''d show my code, but it''s on

placement.rb has_one :client has_one :case_manager client.rb belongs_to :case_manager has_many :placements case_manager.rb has_many :clients has_many :placements I am trying to create a view file for placements. I can pull columns from clients table in this view by using... <%= @placement.client.wholename %> but if I use <% @placement.case_manager.wholename %>

I have a form...2 tables and using auto_complete table clients id case_manager_id foreign key case_manager_id to case_manager(id) table case_manager id name my app/views/clients/_form.rhtml includes which works (finally!) <%= text_area_auto_complete_for :case_manager :name %> and now in clients_controller.rb def create @client = Client.new(params[:client]) I need to add a line to

I have been working on this for 3 days and haven''t been able to solve it. I have 2 tables... clients belongs_to: case_managers case_managers has_many: clients When entering new clients, I need to have some type of select box that allows me to pick the case_manager (by name) so that the ''id'' field from the case_manager table is inserted into clients.case_manager_id

Have 2 tables - clients & case_managers class Client < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :case_manager end app/views/clients/_form.html contains line... <p><% collection_select("client", "case_manager_id", \ case_manager.find_all, "name", "id") %></p> and this line generates error... undefined local variable or method

I am trying to use auto_complete_for to reference a different table. in my clients_controller.rb file auto_complete_for :case_manager :case_manager.name ^^^^^^^^^^^^ this is not the clients table my models/clients.rb has: has_one: case_manager The above ''auto_complete_for'' line in clients_controller.rb

probably something really simple but I don''t understand. Shifting to Apache to w/ fastcgi (definitely feels faster than webrick) Anyway, I set the default route in routes.rb to be map.connect '''', :controller => "placements", :action => ''list'' which worked once I figured out apache... Anyway, now that I have done that, all attempts

I''m making a simple questionnaire app using RoR. I''ve got a model for Questions, a model for Answers, and a third model, Qa, for matching each question to five possible answers through foreign keys. So, each qa has a question and five answers , a1-a5, through belongs_to and a :foreign_key, and then a selected_answer field for specifying which answer was selected by the user. The

I think I can have finally reduced my problem to something somebody can help me with. I am using auto_complete... specifically the form command is... <%= text_area_auto_complete_for :case_manager :name %> I need to use the value derived here in my controller... If I use... cm = CaseManager.find(:first, :conditions => "name = ''Thomas E Dewey''") it works.

I get this error on switchtower setup task: no such file to load -- openssl I have openssl installed. Debian 3.1, Rails 1.0, Ruby 1.8.2, OpenSSL 0.9.7e

Hey there folks, I''m sure there is a stupidly easy answer for this, but I can''t seem to find it. I''m building a site and I want a way for one user to contact another. Simple enough. The problem lies in the fact I want the email to ''come from'' the user, and not from my system. In my ActionMailer class if I do the following: @from =

Hiall, Unfortunately I just can''t find out how to setup a default selected value when using collection_select. My call is like so: <%= collection_select(:consultant, :lastname, @consultants, :id, :lastname, { :selected => @current_consultant.id } ) %> which is not working, I debugged so far that I know that @current_consultant.id contains the correct value. Any tips? cheers

I''m sure there is an easy way to do this, but it is one of those things that is incredibly difficult to search for. How can I disable an ''Ajax.Autocompleter'' element from working ''on the fly''? I have a page where I''m using two (I know it''s crazy) Ajax.Autocompleter elements and once one of them has got a result I want the other field